AB 815: Protecting workers from dangerous chemicals

The Cal/OSHA Standards Board is notoriously lax in setting workplace standards to protect workers from exposures to chemicals, even when they are known to cause cancer and other longterm health impacts. Cal/EPA has identified 68 chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity that are completely unregulated or regulated only for short-term effects (such as dizziness) by Cal/OSHA. AB 815 (Lieber) would require Cal/OSHA to adopt new or revised workplace standards based on the most current health risk assessments.

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2016 California Environmental Scorecard

New for the 2016 legislative session: The 43rd annual California Environmental Scorecard rates elected officials on 2016, another successful year for the environment in spite of heavy opposition from polluting industry.